2022 Hillcrest XC Championship Season Week 1 - Region VII Championships

 Saturday at Roy was a pretty good day with a bunch of personal and season bests. This weeks starts our championship season with the region championships Friday at Cottonwood Complex.

Monday September 26 - 6 am (or at home on your own) 20 - 30 minute recovery pace run 2:25 pm team meeting room 433 3 pm speed work on track then strength work

Tuesday September 27 - 6 am (or at home on your own) 20 - 30 minute recovery pace run 3 pm long easy run

Wednesday September 28 - 6 am (or at home on your own) 20 - 30 minute recovery pace run 3 pm tempo run

Thursday September 29 - 6 am (or at home on your own) 20 - 30 minute recovery pace run 3 pm easy captains practice 4 pm pre-region meeting in room 433 4:45 pm pre-region team dinner in hosting room

Friday September 30 - Region VII championships 

7sh am 15 min. shakeout run (easy pace 2 strides) 

8:45 am team breakfast 

9:45 am bus leaves Hillcrest

11:00 am JV Girls

11:30 am JV Boys

12:00 pm Varsity Girls

12:30 pm Varsity Boys

Saturday October 1 - 8 am Winchester Park progressive run

2022 Hillcrest XC Racing Season Week 7 Royal Run

 Saturday was a good day for the team. Almost all of our kids ran personal bests to take advantage of a fast 5K course. If you haven't seen results yet, they can be found on athletic.net along with all our results from the season.

This week will be a challenging week with Homecoming week festivities.  Homecoming can make getting sufficient sleep difficult, so make sure adequate sleep is happening early in the week as Friday nights football game will make things challenging. 

If you notice your energy levels dropping, in addition to getting more sleep, make sure you are getting enough Vitamin D and Iron in your diet.  Endurance athletes typically need more iron than everyone else in the population.

Monday September 19 - 6 am(sh) 20 - 30 minutes recovery pace run - 2:25 race debrief and week planning meeting room 433 3 pm speed work - 4:30 pm strength session

Tuesday September 20 - 6 am(sh) 20 - 30 minutes recovery pace run - 3 pm easy run + strides + core work

Wednesday September 21 - 6 am(sh) 20 - 30 minutes recovery pace run - 3 pm long run 4:30 pm strength session

Thursday September 22 - 6 am(sh) 20 - 30 minutes recovery pace run - 3 pm threshold run + core + pre-race visualization

Friday September 23 - 6 am(sh) 20 - 30 minutes recovery pace run - 12:20 pm easy run

Saturday September 24 - Royal Run - Roy High School - meet results will be on runnercard

Bus leaves Hillcrest 6 am

Race Schedule:

8:00 am Varsity Boys

8:30 am Varsity Girls

9:00 am JV Boys 1

9:20 am JV Boys 2

9:40 am JV Girls 1

10:00 am JV Girls 2

10:20 am Rookie Boys

10:40 am Rookie Girls

2022 XC Racing Season Week 6 (Border Wars)

Temperatures should be more normal this week, but we will have to pay attention to air quality with the smoke from forest fires. If air quality is bad, practice will be adjusted

Monday September 12 - 6 am 20 - 30 minutes recovery run 2:25 pm post-race meeting in room 433 3 pm speed workout on track - strength in weight room after

Tuesday September 13 - 6 am 20 - 30 minutes recovery run 3 pm easy run then strides and core

 

Wednesday September 14 - 6 am 20 - 30 minutes recovery run 3 pm long hill run - strength work in weight room after

Thursday September 15 - 6 am 20 - 30 minutes recovery run 3 pm tempo run - providing rabbits for Midvale quad meet- core after

Friday September 16 - 6 am 20 - 30 minutes recovery run 3 pm pre-race - easy run, strides, race visualization and mental strength work

Saturday September 17 - 7:30 am meet for bus Border Wars Valley Regional Park Taylorsville

Race Schedule

9:00am – Senior Girls
9:20am – Senior Boys
9:40am – Junior Girls
10:00am – Junior Boys
10:20am – Varsity Girls
10:40am – Varsity Boys

11:00am – Championship Girls 
11:20am – Championship Boys 
11:40pm – Sophomore Girls
12:00pm – Sophomore Boys
--12:20am – Varsity & Championship Awards--  
12:40pm – Freshman Girls
1:00pm – Freshman Boys
1:30pm – Middle School Boys & Girls

2022 XC Racing Season Week 5 ( Park City Invitational)

We will be adjusting the schedule this week due to the abnormally high temperatures through the middle of the week. Wednesday will be the day with the most adjustment as we will be doing the main workout at 6 am to avoid the heat of the day.

Tuesday September 6 - 6 am 20 - 30 minute recovery pace run 3 pm Crestwood - This will be an easy effort run due to the high temps - we will be running to Crestwood Park since there will be some shade and access to water - mileage will be cut from normal mileage as well

Wednesday September 7 - 6 am threshold run on the track, some variation can happen once it gets lighter 3 pm easy 30 minute run then strength work

Thursday September 8 - 6 am 20 - 30 minute recovery pace run 3 pm easy pre-race run

Friday September 9 - 7:15 departure for Quinn's Junction Since we will be missing classes for this meet, make sure you have talked to your teachers so you know what to either do in advance or for make up for the classes we miss.  

Schedule:

8:45 am open race

9:15 JV girls

9:45 JV boys

10:45 Varsity Girls

11:15 Varsity Boys

11:35 Awards

Parking will be in the gravel lot SW of the field area.

Saturday September 10 - 7 am Winchester Park long progressive run

2022 Hillcrest XC Racing Season Week 4 Tooele Region Meet

 Thank you to all the parents that came and helped run the Rendezvous on Saturday.  Things went quite smoothly thanks to your help.

This week is different with a Wednesday meet and Saturday morning practice.  The weekend workouts are very important to get done, even if out of town for Labor Day.

Monday August 29 - morning recovery pace run 20 - 30 minutes 2:25 race debrief meeting in room 433 - 3 pm speed workout on track then strength work in the weight room

Tuesday August 30 - morning recovery pace run 20 - 30 minutes 3 pm easy run - Ghostrider then strides, core and race visualization

Wednesday August 31 - morning shake out run 15 minutes recovery pace + 2 strides, 1:25 pm excused from class 1:45 bus leaves for Settlement Canyon Tooele  Girls race 4:00 pm Boys race 4:30 pm - we will be doing strength work at the meet site after each race - We should get back to Hillcrest around 6:30 pm

Thursday September 1 - morning recovery pace run 20 - 30 minutes, 2:25 race debrief meeting room 433 3 pm easy run - tennis courts

Friday September 2 - morning recovery pace run 20 - 30 minutes 12:25 practice easy run - Captain's choice

Saturday September 3 - 7 am practice meet at Draper Park long run 

Sunday September 4 - rest or active rest (no running)

Monday September 5 -  7 am practice meet at Wheeler Farm - Fartlek  1 2 3 4 5 4 3 2 1 

Wahsatch Rendezvous Schedule and Information

 This meet has a different format with multiple varsity heats, so our varsity kids will only be racing kids from other kids.

Since we are hosting, we will need some help.  

Schedule: 

6:15 bus leaves Hillcrest

7:30 JV Girls

8:00 JV Boys

8:30 Varsity Boys #7

8:32 Varsity Girls #7

8:45 Varsity Boys #6

8:47 Varsity Girls #6

9:00 Varsity Boys #5

9:02 Varsity Girls #5

9:15 Varsity Boys #4

9:17 Varsity Girls #4

9:30 Varsity Boys #3

9:32 Varsity Girls #3

9:45 Varsity Boys #2

9:47 Varsity Girls #2

10:00 Varsity Boys #1

10:02 Varsity Girls #1

10:20 Youth Race

2022 Hillcrest XC Racing Season Week 3 Wahsatch Rendezvous

This week we host the invitational we will be competing at.  We will need parent volunteers on the course and for packet pick up.  Make sure you have the pink assumption of risk form turned in as we will have a travel run this week.  

The morning runs are important to help recover from the more difficult runs and to keep our mileage up through the season. The runs the morning after our harder days are most important.

The date has been finalized, but we will be having a nutritionist in from TOSH to talk to the team about nutrition and hydration needs and strategies.

Monday August 22 - morning recovery pace run 20 - 30 minutes 2:25 pm meeting in room 433 for race debrief and to talk about the week's schedule 3 pm run to Crestwood for 1K intervals then back to Hillcrest for strength work 

Tuesday August 23 - morning recovery pace run 3 pm easier run Wheeler Farm then strides and core

Wednesday August 24 - morning recovery pace run 3 pm long hill run TBD (based on weather) then strength work

Thursday August 25 - morning recovery pace run 3 pm tempo run then core

Friday August 26 - morning recovery pace run  12:25 meet for captains led run 3:15 pm meet at Cottonwood Complex for course setup

Saturday August 27 - Wahsatch Rendezvous bus leaves Hillcrest at 6:15 am  We will need 10 to 20 volunteers Saturday morning to finish course set up, registration table, course officials, and finish chute help

Freber Invitational August 20

 The Freber Invitational will be at Fremont High School on Saturday Aug. 20.  

Schedule

6:30 am bus leaves Hillcrest

8:30 am 8th grade race

9:00 am Boys Varsity

9:30 am Girls Varsity

10:00 am Boys JV

10:30 am Girls JV

11:15 awards ceremony

12:30 pm approximate arrival at Hillcrest

2022 Hillcrest XC Racing Season Week 2

Our summer mileage reporting season ended Saturday.  Turn in your mileage reporting sheets to Coach Stucki on Monday.  I want the mileage totals turned in no matter how many miles were recorded during the summer.

With school starting this week, it is going to be a shock to the system.  Fatigue will likely be an issue this week.  I'm asking everyone on the team to get to bed at a time with a 9 in it.  

Hydration may also be an issue, so make sure you have a water bottle that you can be sipping from all day.  Getting enough water will be a challenge during class without a water bottle. 

Nutrition will also be important.  Have breakfast before you come to school and bring snacks you can eat between classes in addition to lunch.  Between meals and snacks, make sure you are getting protein.  

There will be a few changes to our weekly schedule.  We will no longer be doing weight lifting sessions in the morning.  We will now do those after practice on Monday and Wednesday, which will mean longer practices those days. This will also change morning run. The track and locker rooms will still be available for morning runs, but they can be done at home.

Weekly schedule: 

Monday August 15 - 30 minute morning recovery pace run - 2:25 pm team meeting in room 433. After meeting we will be doing a fartlek workout and then strength work in the weight room 

Tuesday August 16 - 30 minute morning recovery pace run - 3 pm meet by storage room for easier run then core

Wednesday August 17 - 30 minute morning recovery pace run 3 pm - meet by storage room for hill run then strength work after the run 

Thursday August 18 - 30 minute morning recovery pace run - 3 pm meet by storage room - tempo run  then core

Friday August 19 - 30 minute morning recovery pace run - early out day -  12:15 pm meet by storage room - pre-race run

Saturday August 20 - Freber Invitational - 6:30 am bus for Fremont High School

The team store is open!

 The team store is open and will be open for a week.  There are a number items on the team store.  I am encouraging all the athletes to get the team jacket.  All other items are for athletes and/or parents.

Premier Invitational Information and Schedule

 The Premier Invitational will be at Big Cottonwood Regional Park (also commonly known as Cottonwood Complex) approximately 4300 S 1300 E.  on Saturday August 13th.  

We will have a bus for transportation to all our meets.  All athletes are expected to be on the bus. If an athlete needs to leave early, an assumption of risk form must be filled out and left with the coaches before the athlete can leave.

The course is fairly spectator friendly with several vantage points where you can see the runners pass.  

Schedule:

6:45 bus leaves Hillcrest

8:00 am Varsity Boys race

8:45 am Varsity Girls race

9:30 am JV Boys race

10:15 am JV Girls race

12:00 pm approximate return time to Hillcrest.

2022 XC Summer Camp Week 11/Racing Season Week 1 Premier Invitational

 This is the last week of summer training before school starts next week and is the last week for summer mileage totals. 

The workout plan will now flip, with the primary practices being in the afternoon and the recovery runs moving to morning. We will also change our meeting place.  We will now be meeting in the space between the gym and fieldhouse.

Our first high school meet is Saturday, so registermyathlete, the $60 participation fees, and physicals need to be taken care of this week.  The registration deadline is Thursday morning, so in order to compete in the first race, that will all need to be taken care of by Wednesday. 

With the move to afternoon practices, hydration during the day is even more important as there will be more sweat loss.  Small water bottles that can be carried may be beneficial on some of our runs.  We will have access to water fountains on most of our runs, but they aren't always in convenient parts of the run.

Monday August 8 - 30 minutes morning recovery run 3 pm speed work and race tactics and techniques 

Tuesday August 9 - 30 minutes morning recovery run 3 pm practice vine street run

Wednesday August 10 - 30 minutes morning recovery run 3 pm practice Highland run

Thursday August 11 - 30 minutes morning recovery run 3 pm practice tempo 

Friday August 12 - 30 minutes morning recovery run 3 pm practice pre- race routines Ghostrider

Saturday August 13 - Premier Invitational bus leaves Hillcrest 6:45 am we return to Hillcrest around noon

 

Time Trial

 We had a good morning with the time trial and breakfast.  Thanks to the Canals for breakfast and all the parents who acted as race marshals directing traffic.  After the last two years, it was nice to have a decent size group for the time trial again.

Race results can be found at athletic.net as will most of our race results for the season.

Updated home course map (link)

Hillcrest XC Course

2022 Hillcrest XC Schedule (Updated)

Saturday Aug 6 Running With the Huskies Time Trial Crestwood Park 7 am

Saturday Aug 13 Premier Invitational Cottonwood Complex 8 am

Saturday Aug 20 Freber Invitational Fremont High School 8:30 am

Saturday Aug 27 Wahsatch Rendezvous Cottonwood Complex 7 am

Wednesday Aug 31 Region 7 Open Meet Settlement Canyon 3 pm?

Friday Sept 9 Park City Invitational Quinn's Junction 9 am

Saturday Sept 17 Border Wars Valley Regional Park 9 am

Saturday Sept 24 Royal Run Roy High School 8 am

Friday Sept 30 Region VII Championships Cottonwood Complex 11 am

Tuesday Oct 11 5A Divisionals Lakeside Park TBD

Tuesday Oct 25 UHSAA 5A State Championships TBD

2022 Summer XC Camp Week 10 (Time Trial Week)

 We are approaching the end of summer training with only 2 weeks until the school year begins.  This will be our last week of meeting in the morning during the week.  We will be introducing new training modalities this week with our first work at race and threshold paces as we get closer to racing season.  Remember the afternoon runs will help you recover to be able to run harder on workouts.  The harder workout days are the most important days to get the 2nd run in.

Our high school athletes will need to complete the registration process on registermyathlete.com including having a physical on file and participation fee paid.  Contact Coach Stucki via text or email if you have questions about this.

Monday August 1 - mile repeats - meet at Cottonwood Complex (4300 S 1300 E) at 6:15 am Bring a watch for this workout - 2nd run afternoon/evening 30 minutes recovery pace

Tuesday August 2 - Skywalk - meet at Hillcrest 6 am strides and strength work after - 2nd run afternoon/evening 30 minutes recovery pace

Wednesday August 3 - Top of the World - the caravan will leave Hillcrest at 6:05 or meet at the church parking lot at 2300 E Bengal Blvd at 6:15 2nd run afternoon/evening 30 minutes recovery pace

Thursday August 4 - tempo - meet at Hillcrest at 6 am - this is a new type of run that we will explain before we start - it involves timed segments, bring a watch for this workout - strength work after - 2nd run afternoon/evening 30 minutes recovery pace

Friday August 5 - pre-race and course tour - meet at Crestwood Park at 6:10 am strides after the run 2nd practice 6 pm for course set up - additional volunteers welcome

Saturday August 6 - Time Trial - the race will start at 7 am for the team and any interested friends, family, and alumni we may also have a middle school race and a kids race after the time trial concludes breakfast will be served after the races in the park We will need volunteers during the time trial to make sure runners stay on the course

2022 Summer XC Camp Week 9 HARC Week

 This will be our hardest week of the summer, but also the most fun.  We will be going in the mountains each day this week. You may want to bring an extra layer to wear before the run, it can get chilly at the higher elevations.  Some of our parking lots will be gravel, so you may also want to bring something to kneel on for warmups.

Monday July 25 - morning run - Deer Creek - The caravan will leave Hillcrest at 6:05 or you can meet at the Deer Creek Dam Trailhead at 6:55   evening run - Hillcrest 6 pm This is a change from the calendar which had the wrong run listed

Tuesday July 26 - morning run - Silver Lake - The caravan will leave Hillcrest at 6:05 or you can meet at the Silver Lake parking lot at 6:40   evening run - Hillcrest 6 pm

Wednesday July 27 - morning run - Dog Lake - The caravan will leave Hillcrest at 6:05 or you can meet at the lower Big Water Parking Lot at 6:40 if the parking lot is full, park at the Little Water lot  evening run - Hillcrest 6 pm

Thursday July 28 - morning run - Catherine's Pass - The caravan will leave Hillcrest at 6:05 or you can meet near the Alta-Brighton Trailhead  at 6:40   evening run - Hillcrest 6 pm

Friday July 29 - morning run - Pipeline - The caravan will leave Hillcrest at 6:05 or you can meet at the parking lot above the Burch Hollow trailhead across from Terraces at 6:30   evening run - Hillcrest 6 pm

Saturday July 30 - Rail Trail - The caravan will leave Hillcrest at 6:05 or you can meet at the Star Pointe trailhead at 6:40 We will drive to Trailside Park after the run for breakfast. 

2022 XC Summer Camp Week 8

The high school season will be starting soon.  Get the registermyathlete process done including a physical.

Monday June 18 - City Creek - The caravan leaves Hillcrest at 6:05 or meet at the NE end of the state capitol grounds at 6:30 2nd run afternoon/evening 30 minutes recovery pace

Tuesday June 19 - Vine Street - meet at Hillcrest strides and strength work after 2nd run afternoon/evening 30 minutes recovery pace

Wednesday June 20 - Albion Basin - The caravan leaves Hillcrest at 6:05 or meet at the top of Little Cottonwood Canyon at 6:35 2nd run afternoon/evening 30 minutes recovery pace

Thursday June 21 - Tennis Courts -  meet at Hillcrest strides and strength work after 2nd run afternoon/evening 30 minutes recovery pace

Friday June 22 - Friday Long Run - the caravan leaves Hillcrest at 6:05 or meet at Jordan River Rotary Park at 6:20

Saturday June 23 - recovery day 45 - 60 minutes easy pace 30 - 45 for beginning runners

2022 Summer XC Camp Week 7

 This week will be back to normal with a full week of the whole group with the moratorium over.

The high school season will be starting soon.  Get the registermyathlete process done including a physical.

Monday June 11 - Bonneville Shoreline Trail - The caravan leaves Hillcrest at 6:05 or meet at Hidden Valley Park at 6:25 2nd run afternoon/evening 30 minutes recovery pace

Tuesday June 12 - Cemetery Run - meet at Hillcrest strides and strength work after 2nd run afternoon/evening 30 minutes recovery pace

Wednesday June 13 - Albion Basin - The caravan leaves Hillcrest at 6:05 or meet at the top of Little Cottonwood Canyon at 6:35 2nd run afternoon/evening 30 minutes recovery pace

Thursday June 14 - Wheeler Farm -  meet at Hillcrest strides and strength work after 2nd run afternoon/evening 30 minutes recovery pace

Friday June 15 - Friday Long Run - the caravan leaves Hillcrest at 6:05 or meet at Winchester Park at 6:15

Saturday June 16 - recovery day 45 - 60 minutes easy pace 30 - 45 for beginning runners

2022 Summer XC Camp Week 6

 This week continues the summer moratorium. 

Monday - run a 5K if you can

Wednesday July 6 - Albion Basin  meet for the caravan at Hillcrest at 6 or at the top of Little Cottonwood Canyon at 6:35

Thursday July 7 - cemetery run - meet at Hillcrest at 6 - strength after

Friday July 8 - long run Friday - meet at Draper Park at 6:20 

Saturday July 9 - get an easy recovery run in 45 - 60 minutes